Women, youth and differently abled entrepreneurs are named priority groups for the new Guyana Development Bank, Minister Zulfikar Ally confirmed. Eligible borrowers can access G$3 million at zero interest with no collateral required. The bank launches with US$100 million in capitalisation.
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Guyana's Fast Pay goes live on 2 June 2026 with Unified Payments Interface integration, the Caribbean's first real-time payments system. The groundwork runs back to 20 November 2024, when India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi signed ten memoranda of understanding in Georgetown.
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Omesh and Ambika Singh run Electronic Wizard and Solar Tech out of Eccles, East Bank Demerara, fitting solar for homes and MSMEs. On 26 April 2026 machinery struck a 69-kilovolt transmission line at Dennis Street, Sophia, and most of Guyana lost power within minutes.
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Trail Masters Adventure Tours and Guyana Glory will run an overnight Independence cruise aboard the MV One Freedom on 25 May 2026, from Georgetown to Fort Island for Guyana's 60th Diamond Jubilee flag raising. It departs Stabroek at 16:00 and returns by 10:00 the next day.
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CARICOM and Germany's development agency GIZ signed six implementation agreements at the CARICOM Secretariat in Turkeyen, Georgetown on 23 April 2026, releasing €31.9 million for climate, energy and biodiversity work across the region through 2029, funded by Germany's federal development ministry.
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Rashawna Alleyne, who holds an MBA, founded Lifestyle Concierge Services Guyana and runs Georgetown's first dedicated corporate and personal concierge firm, serving executives, diplomats, expats and energy professionals. The wholly woman-owned business serves clients in Guyana and the United States.
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Guyana Electric has graduated 14 young Guyanese from a four-month OSHA-certified Basic Electrical Training Programme delivered with the Guyana Police Force and the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, part of a campaign to rebuild technical skills and safety culture in construction.
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Dr. Shanti Persaud brings 10X-based framework to Lusignan on June 12 and 13, targeting owner-operators struggling to scale
Read More →The Grenada Tourism Authority completed a four-day sales mission in Guyana this week, targeting the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events market and Guyana's growing professional and expatriate classes. Its officials held talks with corporate partners and with local travel-trade operators.
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Food lovers across Georgetown are in for a refined culinary experience this weekend as Deja Brew Café Guyana unveils its
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Brazil is on course to exhaust its entire 2026 beef export quota to China by early May. China imposed country-specific beef quotas in January, capping Brazil at 1.106 million tonnes, with shipments above that ceiling facing a 55 per cent duty and regional meat pricing exposed.
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